Ernest H. Harrison, a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at USC, is the new music director and conductor of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA). He succeeds interim Gavin Thrasher, now head of New York’s GMC; Thrasher in … » Read

Longtime Metropolitan Opera Artistic Administrator Jonathan Friend [pictured] will leave his job at the end of the current season. He’s to be succeeded by Michael Heaston, the former executive director of the Met’s Lindemann Young … » Read

A tragic fall down a flight of stairs has claimed the life of oboist Janice Thomson, 62; the incident occurred Sunday night in a University of Miami concert hall, just prior to a performance by the Greater Miami Symphonic Band (GMSB). Thomson was … » Read

During Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) lockout last summer, Marin Alsop, the ensemble’s music director, was notably silent. At a meeting on Nov. 12 in Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, she broke her silence. This was a state-mandated gathering of … » Read

Chances are good that András Schiff [pictured] will not be reappearing with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) any time soon. The pianist’s recent performances were to feature him playing with and conducting the … » Read

A fraught relationship with violinist Holly Mulcahy has left the Chattanooga Symphony (CSO) without its concertmaster since its season opened in early October. In August Mulcahy  sued the orchestra for breach of contract after it canceled … » Read

Dennis Russell Davies, principal conductor of the Brno Philharmonic, is to become chief conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra as of 2020-21. His contract is for four years, coinciding with the orchestra’s centennial in 2024. … » Read

The final season of Michael Tilson Thomas’s 25-year tenure at the San Francisco Symphony is occasion for analyses of his many accomplishments with the orchestra and who better to do the job than the local critic. Joshua Kosman uses the new … » Read

The League of American Orchestras, which claims its latest membership tops 2000, has six new board members, each of whom will serve a three-year term.  They are: Charles ("Chuck") Dickerson III [pictured]: founder, executive director, … » Read

The Irish National Opera’s upcoming production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola , has occasioned an interview with its director, Orpha Phelan. When she left her native Ireland for London in the mid-1990s, Phelan foresaw a career writing … » Read